Sometimes I feel like, quittin' I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still Sometimes it's hard enough just with real life Sometimes I jump on stage and just kill mics And show these people my level of skill's like But I'm still white, sometimes I hate life ain't right, hit the brake lights Case of the stage fright, a blank like Da-duh-duh-da-da, it my fault Great big eyeballs, my insides And I clam up {*wham*} I slam shut I just can't do it, my manhood's Just stripped, I have just been vicked So I then get, off the bus then split Man fuck this shit; yo, I'm goin' the home World on my shoulders as I run back to this 8 Mile
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just up, and travel new land Time to really just matters into my own hands Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never back (8 Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road
I'm walkin' these train tracks, to regain back The spirit I had 'fore I go back to the crap To the same plant, and the pants Tryin' to chase rap, move ASAP And get a new plan, got a new man Poor baby sister, she don't understand in front of the TV, buries her nose in the pad And just until the crayon gets dull in her hand While she her big brother and mother and dad Ain't no tellin' what really on in her little head Wish I be the daddy that neither one of us had But I keep runnin' from I never wanted so bad! Sometimes I get upset, I ain't blew up yet It's like I grew up, but I ain't me two nuts yet Don't gotta rep my step, got enough pep The pressure's too man, I'm just tryin' to do what's best And I try, sit and I cry Yo I won't tell no lie, not a moment by That I don't to the sky, please I'm beggin' you God Please let me be pigeonholed in no regular job Yo I you can hear me homey wherever you are Yo I'm you dawg I'm bailin' this trailer tomorrow Tell my mother I love her, kiss baby sister Say whenever you need me baby, I'm too far But yo I gotta get out there, the way I know And I'mma be back for you, the that I blow On everything I own, I'll it on my own Off to work I go, back to 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma make a new Time for me to just stand up, and new land Time to really just take matters into my own Once I'm over these tracks man I'mma never back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I must travel alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own Only way that I know how to escape from 8 Mile Road
You live it to feel it, you didn't you wouldn't get it Or see what the big deal is, why it was and it is To be walkin this borderline of Detroit city It's different, it's a significance, a certificate Of authenticity, you'd even see But it's to me, it's my credibility You seen heard smelled or met a real MC Who's incredible the same pedestal as me But yet I'm unsigned, havin' a rough time Sit on the porch with all my and kick dumb rhymes Go to work and serve MCs in the But when it comes time, where do my punchlines go Who must I show, to my flow must I go, who must I know Or am I just another crab in the Cause I ain't havin' no luck with this little foot so fuck it I need a new outlet, I'm startin to doubt shit I'm feelin' a little skeptical who I hang out I look like a bum, yo my clothes ain't about At the Army tryin to salvage an outfit And it's cold, tryin' to this road Plus I like I'm on stuck in this battlin mode My defenses are so up, but one I don't want Is from no one, the city is no fun There is no sun, and so dark Sometimes I feel like I'm just bein' apart From each one of my limbs, by each one of my It's enough to just me wanna jump out of my skin Sometimes I like a robot, sometimes I just know not I'm doin I just blow, my head is a stove top I just explode, the gets so hot Sometimes my mouth just overloads the ass that I got But I've learned, time for me to U-turn Yo it only one time for me to get burned Ain't no no next time I meet a new girl I can no play stupid or be immature I got ingredient, all I need is the courage I already got the beat, all I need is the words Got the urge, it's a surge Suddenly a new burst of has occurred Time to show these free world leaders the 3 and a I am no longer scared now, I'm free as a Then I turn and cross over the curb Hit the 'burbs and all you see is a from 8 Mile Road
I'm a man, I'mma a new plan Time for me to just stand up, and travel new Time to really just take into my own hands Once I'm over tracks man I'mma never look back (8 Mile Road) And I'm gone, I know right where I'm goin Sorry momma I'm grown, I travel alone Ain't gon' follow the I'm makin' my own way that I know how to escape from this 8 Mile Road